Serapias helleborine Linnaeus var. longifolia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 950. 1753.

RCN: 6864.

Replaced synonym of: Serapias grandiflora L. (1767), nom. illeg.

Neotype (Renz in Nasir & Ali, Fl. Pakistan 164: 12. 1984): Herb. Linn. No. 1057.4 (LINN) .

Current name: Cephalanthera longifolia (L.) Fritsch ( Orchidaceae).

Note: In the absence of any original material for the name, Renz’s designation of 1057.4 (LINN) as “type” can be accepted as a neotypification under Art. 9.8. It pre-dates a different choice as neotype (an Oeder illustration) made by Baumann & al. (in Mitteilungsbl. Arbeitskr. Heim. Orchid. Baden-Württemberg 21: 443, Abb. 4. 1989).